The term bonsai literally means plant in a pot or tray planting. Bonsai however is much more than simply a plant in a pot. The goal of bonsai is to create the appearance of great size and age. This... More > is accomplished by creating a bonsai with strong roots that extend in all directions, creating a sense of stability, a large trunk which tapers as it goes upward, a clear apex, and well formed and well placed branches. These features all combine to create a careful blend of symmetry, balance and proportion. It also must be displayed in a pot which harmonizes well with the plant material.
Bonsai is the art of growing trees in a confined space to simulate certain environmental conditions such as great age, extreme weathering, twisted or contorted form, landscape, or other factors. Bonsai trees are modeled on and take inspiration from nature. The idea of bonsai is to recreate some of nature's most stunning and beautiful effects on trees which are reduced in scale.< Less

With the benefit of this book Bonsai Trees Care For Beginner, you can learn how to craft your own bonsai tree into a beautiful work of art. Inside these pages, you will find tons of information to... More > help you in creating a bonsai you can be proud of.
You’ll not only get information on bonsai trees, you’ll learn how to craft them into a work of art. We’ll tell you how to:
Plant your bonsai
Prune and trim your bonsai into the style you want
Wire the tree
When and how to water and fertilize
Repotting the plant
Where and how to display your bonsai
Taking care of outdoor bonsai in cold weather
And much, much more!< Less

Bonsai artists in the San Francisco Bay Area share a common interest in providing optimum care for their Japanese-styled mini-trees. This calendar provides guidance for monthly care of bonsai.... More > Thirteen appendices provide recipes and detailed instructions for: preparing growing mixes; fertilizers and fertilization; making fertilizer cakes; how and when to graft; control of diseases, weeds, and insects; learnings from an American bonsai teacher; tool selection and care; wiring trees into pots.< Less

Bonsai are miniature trees grown in pots. The aim of bonsai culture is to develop a tiny tree that has all the
elements of a large tree growing in a natural setting. This look is achieved,... More > principally, by branch and root
pruning and shaping, but other factors are also important. The texture of the trunk, its look of age, the moss
and the under plantings in the container — all contribute to the illusion of a miniature tree as it is seen in
nature.
A presentable bonsai can be created in a few seasons. Cultivating these miniature potted trees is both an
intriguing hobby, and a means of adapting a wide range of plants to specialized and decorative uses. Bonsai
require daily watering during their growing season, and, because the plants are rooted in shallow pots,
careful pruning.< Less

Bonsai appeals to the artist in us all. If you are seeking a new hobby outside of the normal garden variety, this might be an option for you.
You don’t need to be especially talented or take... More > special training. People are often surprised at the beautiful results they get.
One important caution: Bonsai requires patience. To develop a bonsai from seed will take years. Some people get poor results because they try to rush the development of their bonsai design.
Give it time and due care and it will give you pleasure and something your friends will admire.< Less

The art of bonsai has been around for years. Bonsai not only adds a touch of class to your garden and home, it can also can help you focus, relax and meditate at home.
“Bonsai Tree For... More > Beginners” is a 50+ page instantly downloadable e-book that will help you create a bonsai you can be proud of. Inside this practical beginner’s guide, you will learn the five styles of bonsai tree sculpting, whether bonsai should be grown inside or outside, how to find which types of trees are best suited to bonsai, how to make a tree stay small, how to sculpt your bonsai tree, tips for planting, pruning and trimming your bonsai, how to wire the tree, when and how to water and fertilize, repotting bonsai, where and how to display your bonsai tree, caring for outdoor bonsai in cold weather and so much more!
Download “Bonsai Tree For Beginners” today and discover a satisfying and beautiful way to develop and show off your gardening and plant growing skills.< Less

Geoffrey and Godfrey Bogley are adolescent twins who care nothing for the subtleties of history with absolutely no reverence for conventional behaviour and morals. Describing them as terrible twins... More > doesn't do justice to the escapades and antics they get up to causing mayhem and uproar in their family and village.
With bonsai plants grown for profit, which are not really bonsai plants at all, to flatulent hens and mass hysteria from the innocent 'cakes' they peddle around town there is never a quite ordinary peaceful day with these Bogley lads around. And then you can add to the mix another set of adolescent twins, Jane and Monica, seductive sirens to our lusty Geoffrey and Godfrey.They are rebels against a grown up world which seems to work hard at deliberately misunderstanding the adolescent feelings of youth.
According to Grandad Bogley, they are sinister ne'er- do-wells: a definite case of the kettle calling the pot black!< Less

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